Udaipur Airport

Udaipur Airport
Dabok Airport
Maharana Pratap Airport
IATA: UDR – ICAO: VAUD
UDR
Location of airport in Rajasthan
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Airports Authority of India
Serves Udaipur
Elevation AMSL 1,684 ft / 513 m
Website www.airportsindia.org.in
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
08/26 7,484 2,281 Asphalt

Udaipur Airport or Maharana Pratap Airport or Dabok Airport (IATA: UDR, ICAO: VAUD) is the airport at Udaipur, Rajasthan, India. It is situated 22 km (14 mi) east of Udaipur.

The airport is named after Maharana Pratap who was a Maharana (ruler) of the princely state of Mewar, in north-western India. The airport's new passenger terminal commenced operations in February 2008. [1]

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Structure

Udaipur Airport is spread over 504 acres.[2] The airport has one asphalt runway, oriented 08/26, 9000 feet/ 2743 metres long and 45 metres wide. Its 250 by 150 metre apron provides parking space for 3 Boeing 737s or Airbus A320 aircraft at a time. The new terminal building, measuring 2500 sq. metres, was constructed at a cost of Rs 80 Crores. The terminal has one boarding gate, 4 Check-in counters and can handle 600 passengers during peak hours. The airport is equipped with modern navigational and landing aids like DME/VOR and NDB. Runway 26 is equipped with a CAT-I Instrument Landing System. [3]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Air India Delhi, Jodhpur, Mumbai
Air India Regional Delhi, Jaipur
Jet Airways Delhi, Mumbai
Kingfisher Airlines Delhi, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Mumbai

In Popular Culture

Scenes from the movie The Darjeeling Limited were shot here.

References

  1. ^ "Udaipur airport readied in time for Praful's daughter's wedding". Times of India. 19 Feb 2008. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-02-19/india/27752317_1_new-terminal-udaipur-aai-chairman-k-ramalingam. Retrieved 29 November 2011. 
  2. ^ "Airport website". http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/udaipur_airpo_gi.jsp. Retrieved 29 November 2011. 
  3. ^ "Airport website, Tech info". http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/udaipur_technicalinfo.jsp. Retrieved 29 November 2011. 

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International

Ahmedabad: Sardar Patel Airport • Amritsar: Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee Airport (Raja Sansi)¹ • Bangalore: Bengaluru Airport (Devanahalli) • Chennai (Madras): Chennai Airport (Meenambakkam) • Coimbatore Airport (Peelamedu)¹ • Delhi: Indira Gandhi Airport (Palam) • Gaya Airport¹ • Goa: Dabolim Airport¹ • Guwahati: Gopinath Bordoloi Airport (Borjhar)¹ • Hyderabad: Rajiv Gandhi Airport (Shamshabad) • Jaipur: Sanganer Airport¹ • Kochi (Cochin): Cochin Airport (Nedumbassery) • Kolkata (Calcutta): Subhash Chandra Bose Airport (Dum Dum) • Kozhikode (Calicut): Calicut Airport (Karipur) • Lucknow: Amausi Airport¹ • Mangalore Airport (Bajpe)¹ • Mumbai (Bombay): Chhatrapati Shivaji Airport (Sahar) • Nagpur: Babasaheb Ambedkar Airport (Sonegaon)¹ • Pune Airport (Lohegaon)¹ • Siliguri: Bagdogra Airport¹ • Srinagar: Sheikh ul Alam Airport¹ • Trichy: Tiruchirapalli Airport¹ • Trivandrum Airport • Varanasi (Benares): Babatpur Airport¹

  • Note: ¹ Designated as a "restricted international airport" ("customs airport"); a limited number of international flights are permitted at these airports.
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